The Sun. — London, England, 1838-08-13 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Malice, folly, and falsehood arc the chief components of an article in the Tir?:c. , 7 tiatnrday, on the subject ofthe I n ch Mu nicipal Corporation Bill : but as these are commonly " the ingrottents oF is. caul.lron," a fresh instance excite no surprii , . It [ , .:glos tiiu :—" Aft,:r the ir,i;es he out, ail the prot'esiions put forth on the subject of the Municipal Corporation Bill, by the Ministers of the Crown, the country will hardly believe the fact, that they have once more thrown it out." We should be astonished if the country did believe it, seeing that the Lords sent it back to the Commons with a provision regarding the fran chis~ which they intended to he fatal t the measure, and which tii,v knew wouti hn t;) ( - )y twn ye.ors ago they said that Ireland should have no Corporations at all, that the people were not fit for them ; and this year they say that if Ireland be allowed Corporations, they shall only he such as 'sill preserve the ascendancy of the Orange minority, and perpetuatu all the abuses which that minority has created and fostered. By insisting upon the high qualification the Tory Lords have thrown out the Bill, and it was their wish that it should be thrown out. Then, as to " hopes held out," and " professions put forth," who held them out, and who put them forth ? Who talked of the time having arrived when `Vice" and d oon ciliation" should be the order of the day ? sai that "this exciting question had been too long pending, and that it was fit at once and for ever to se ttle it ?" Were not these the words of Sir Robert Peel and of his party in both Houses ? Did they not speak of amicable adjust ment ea! peace often enough to make people doubt their sincerity wit'out the aid of experience ? "Is it peace Jehu ? What bast thou to do with peace ? Turn thee behind me ;" and then Lord Bacon, -quoting this well-re- membered passage. adds, " Peace is not the matter, but following and party." We might add, continuing the sa cred text, "It is treachery !" The professions of the Tories wereintended to mislead, they never wished to grant Corporate Reform in Ireland ; they came with pretences of peace, ise;t. the result shows that they meant trea chery. As to tii;' folly of the article in the Times, can there be stronger proof of than that it adopts the position of Mr. Shaw ? " There had sine --: no idea," observes our on Bill was among Contemporary," that the Irish Corpopt.:-.; the business of Thursday night ; there had he&.: no notice from the Government," &c. Why, it was in the list of the orders of tbe day of the House of Lords, and all the world was informed that a conference was to be required, because on Wednesday the Peers had publicly come to that determination. The Times and Mr. Shaw alone were ignorant of the fact, and not a single Member on the Tory side of the House could be found to back the Honour able and Learned Member in his assertion of surprise. But what says the Times to the precedent of 1836, when this very Bill was treated in this very manner? Let the reader mark that the complaint is that due time was not allowed; yet the argument of the Times is that it was June sv isep the Lords' amendments were unceremoniously rejectOd in 1836, and August when the same course was purs ued with regard :to them in 1838. If notice be so necessary in August, tlB3B, when the Session is near its close, surely it was doubly proper in June, 1836, when, as our Contemporary states, " the at tendance of Members was regular and unremitted," and when abundance of time was allowed, because the Session was not near its close. Yet no notice was then given by Ministers any more than in the case which has just oc curred ; so that if the argument of the Times proves any thing, it proves that no notice was required, and that no body was or could be taken by surprise. Dryden tells us That still there goes some thinking to ill-nature; but the Times is of a contrary opinion, and obviously hopes to be ill-natured without thinking. Now we come to the falsehood of the article, the base and deliberate false hood : we dislike hard words, but we can call it no thing brit base and deliberate falsehood. It is con tained in the following sentence :—" But the case of 1836 and the case of 1838, materially as they differ from each other with respect to the season of the year, differ yet more toaterially with respect to the substance of the transaction. In 1336 there had been no delusive declarations of a design to aelept the amendments of the Lords." When and by whom sswe "delusive declarations" made of "a design to accept the amendments of the Lords" ? Were they to be found in the spirited asserti o n of Lord John Russell, which drew down the cheers of the whole House of Commons, that " he would not .submit his neck to the yoke of the House of Lords," and that " he would not insult Ireland by inflicting upon her a bight" qualification than was required in England or in Scot land"? The very amendment of the Peers to the fran chise was at that moment under consideration ; and do the words we have quoted from the speech of the Ministerial leader look like " delusive declarations of a design to accept theamendruents of the Lords" ? The statetnent in the Times is not only false, but deliberately, and therefore basely, false ; and when that paper went on to maintain that " on Thursday morning not a man beyond the confidential circle of Ministers themselves could have told what recep tion the qualification clause was finally to receive," it well knew that not only every Liberal, but every Tory in the House of Commons was apprized of the fact, that by per severing in the qualification clause the Lords had rendere I it certain that the Bill could not be passed in the present session. The Opposition Members stayed away for no other reason ; and though tile Times trusts so fir to the simplicity and credulity of its readers as to affect to say that if notice had been given and a division had occurred, " it would be difficult to say with any certainty on. which aide the victory would have fallen," the Tories were well aware that they had no chance, and that, had they wished it, they could not have forced such a mockery of a Bill upon the people of Ireland.—Morning Chronicle. The exposure which the Earl of Haddington submitted to the House of Lords on Friday night, respecting a late extraordinary augmentation of Justices of the Peace for the city of Edinburgh, discloses an instance of political favour itism and party exclusiveness which no apprehensions of our being committed for contempt shall deter us from charac terizing as singularly, nay, let us rather say, systematically, unfortunate and offensive. -That the exalted Judge whose province it is to manage such 'matters can have permitted himself to be unduly biassed either this case or in the Yorkshire one of a similar character which recently pre eeded it, is what we cannot for a moment believe. Whether our suspicions as to the parties by whoa) these transactions are unhappily fathered upon the Lord Chnn cellor ,be correct or otherwise, it is not for us to say ; hut assuredly, after the inculpatory details adduced by Lord Haddimtton, and corroborated by Lord Lyndhuret with great additional aggravations, the learned and dis tinguished functionary to whom these noblemen addressed themselves will feel it an imperative obligation, as well for his own comfort as for the sake of that public jus tice- over which he' blamelessly presides, to take instant measures for ascertaining and ejecting from his confidence the persons who have so irreverently abused it. Were it not that the multiplicity of the Lord Chancellor's avoca tions must often disqualify his Lordship for bestowing any very tninute attention upon such matters as the present, we should certainly express surprise that the peculiar c:rcumstances under which the objectionable list of Edin burgh justices was submitted for the Learned Lord's ap proval did not awaken his suspicions. In the first place, any person acquainted with the northern metropolis must know that a proposal to appoint 90 or 100 Justices in ad dition to the Sheriffs and regular Magistracy, for a popula tion consisting of only about 150,000, is utterly prepos terous, as being wholly disproportionate to the judicial necessities of the city. According to the sate ratio. London and the suburbs would require nearly two thousand Justices of the Peace ; while, in order that the absurdity of this Edinburgh business may be still more apparent, we would respectfully remind the Lord Chanc ,Ilor, not only that that city, though rapidly increas ing in crime, has much less occasion for a formidable Ma gistracy than London, but that the capital of Scotland, where such an augmented Justiciary bas been deemed ne cessary, is one of the very places to which his Lordship, in common with his Cabinet Colleagues, has refused to grant the addition of a single Clergy man ! If the poor of Edin burgh require no additional religious superintendence (as Lord Cottenham and his Colleagues affirm) it seems diffi cult to understand upon what principle, if not a party one, this enormous multiplication of Magistrates can be justified. In the second place, it turns out that the first list of Jus tices which his Lordship had received from the Ex-Lord Provost of Edinburgh (who, though a decided Whig, is a highly respectable and impartial man) was afterwards aban doned, and another substituted in its place, in deference to an application from the present Provost, whose services to the Wbigs have lately procured him a Baronetcy. That the substitution of a huge list for a probably much smaller one, which had previously emanated from an equally respectable quarter, should not have induced the Lord Chancellor to institute certain inquiries respecting the cause and propriety of the change is scarcely credible ; and as the Lord-Advocate (who, albeit first law officer of the Crown for Scotland, is chiefly known in this country as chairman of the Roxburgh committee) is the only official adviser of Government in all such cases, it seems natural to conclude that the offensive political and party com plexion of the adopted list, as well as the strong assurances which Lord Cottenham received about it being unobjec tionable, and so forth, may be laid presumptively at that thoroughgoing functionary's door. In truth, we have no more doubt of this than of our own existence. Nor could li I present Lord Provost of Edinburgh have ventured either to prepare or present his new list of Justices, apart from the sanction of the Lord-Advocate, any more than be could have obtained his Baronetcy without that officer's patronage. But while this explanation -must be held as completely exonerating the Lord Chancellor from all in dividual blame in regard to the exclusive and party character of these appointments, our readers will doubtless feel that the Ministry who can con tinue to confide in inferior functionaries capable of being implicated in such transactions are by no means so excusable. Tl.c. Ju.itices who have been palmed upon the Lord Chan cellor's acceptance are, with only three or four exceptions, violent partisans of the 'Whig faction. The Shallows and Greedys who hive been passed of under the respectable name of " erellantsr are discovered (to the confessed surprise of the Lord Chancellor, who doubtless thought they were the Barings of the North), to be nothing better than little retail shopkeepers, whose absolute insigni ficance renders their Magisterial promotion not more a topic of public scandal than an ifle edible wonder to them , selves. Really, my Lord- Advocate, three Conservative Justices tit 87 Whigs—why, the Roxburgh case was moon- Ititar. to iris, i;at, finally, the Lord t :hanceilor must also have been grievnitsl imposed en in regard to the designa tion and profession of another class of persons (chiefly sturdy Whigs, mind), whom his Lordship has been made the instrument of investing with the commission of the peace. It appears that about twenty of these are " Writers to the Signet," which in Edinburgh is just another name for attornies. Now, the idea of making men jus tices who gain their bread by conducting law suits, and whose judicial favour may by possibility be conciliated by flinging jobs in their way, in the same manner as an Edin burgh merchant may he expected to oblige a customer, is certainly something novel. Nor is the Lord Chancellor by any means insensible to such an incongruity. On the con trary, his Lordship on a recent occasion (as we learn from a Glasgow paragraph which appeared in Saturday's paper) positi%ely refused to appoint certain Conservative free holders as Justices Gf the Peace in Argyleshire, on the express ground that they follow the profession of writers or attornies. No doubt one of the Justices appointed to sup-rsede these gentlemen happens to he not only a " writer" also, but, awkwarder still, a regular canvassing agent for Mr. Campbell, the Whim Member ; and al though the Lord Chancellor has inadvertently been be trayed once more into the creation of a large batch of writer-Justices, being Edinburgh Whigs, we feel com forted in the conviction that his Lordship's vigilant exer tions to guard against abuses must have been shamefully evaded, otherwise no such anomalies could have occurred. We strongly recommend Lord Haddington to move for a return of any correspondence that may have passed upon the same subject between the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Advocate, and also between the Lord Advocate and the Home-office.—Times. A triumphant vindication of the national system of edu cation in Ireland against the calumnies which bigotry has levelled at it, is now publishing in the form of a pamphlet, containing " A Speech of the Lord Bishop of Norwich, with an Appendix of Letters on the Causes of the Oppo sition made to the System in Ireland, and on the State of the National Schools in Liverpool." Perhaps the strongest evidence which could be adduced of the impartial manage ment of the Board to whom this important object has been confided, is the fact of its being assailed at the same time by the Right Rev. Prelate of Exeter, and Dr. M'Hale, the titular Bishop of Tuam—the one accusing it of en deavouring to undermine the Established religion and pro mote the interests of Popery ; the other charging it with the diffusion of " pernicious volumes," which must over turn the whole system of the Roman Catholic religion. Thus accused by both parties, the impartial management of the Board may be more fairly inferred from the conflicting accusations made against it by its Right Rev. assailants, than from the most direct and positive evidence. This combined assault on the national system of education in Ireland by two individuals, apparently so diametrically opposed in opinion, will not excite surprise amongst those who consider the powerful influence which education exercises in abolishing all manner of abuses and intolerance. The Bishop of Exeter, as a Tory and a Churchman, sees in the diffusion of education the destruc tion of privilege and ascendancy. Bishop M'Hale recog nises in it the emancipation of mind from priestly thraldom. Botb, therefore, considering their interests compromised by the system, put forward an anxiety for the maintenance of their religious opinions as a pretext for denouncing it. The impartiality of the system being thus established, its efficiency becomes the next subject of inquiry, and considering the great difficulties to be encountered on its introduction, its success has been such as not only to equal, but even outstrip anticipation. One of the most serious of these difficulties was the hostility with which the system was regarded by the local Clergymen of both denominations, who were irritated at not being each per 71itted to pervert it to his individual purpose. The Pro testot Clergy especially carried this opposition to such an extent, in many instances to be unwilling that the Ca tholic religion sho l to have the schools conducted as if there sioners, but wishe.... l was not a single Catho. l . ;° to participate of their instruction. The prejudices of both pa:.tiel, so far as they are sincere, and not affected merely tor slot:ter and selfish objects, are daily subsiding before the temperate and enlightened ma nagement of the Board. Many of the slanders concocted against those to whose care the schools have been con fided, are' in the letters before us clearly demonstrated to have arisen from a spirit similar to that which induced the Bishop of Exeter, in a circular to certain clergymen of Ireland, to request them to give him information " espe cially of any instances of the abuses of the system, and the perversions of it to the purposes either of Popery or agitation." This hint of course served to 'stimulate the inventive faculties of those who wished to conciliate factious and intolerant prejudices, and accordingly the instances of improper management _alleged against the schools prove on investigation to exist only in the jaundiced imagination of their assailants. The correspondence on the National Schools of Liverpool reveals similar schemes for the dissemination of false accusation, which is, however, convincingly refuted even by the contradictory evidince of the conspirators themselves. The t ruth is, the general diffusion of education, under any a uspices, is regarded with fear and trembling by all who derive advantage from the subjugation and debasement of their fellow-men. An edu cated people can never remain an enslaved people. The cultivated mind instinctively revolts against oppression, and having intellect to give effect to i ts will, no p resti g e nor power of tyranny can resist its enfranchisement. education is as esential to the asserti on as it is to the enjoyment of political liberty. Even the universality of the suffrage, un less accompanied with universality of education, would fail to guarantee the fruition of popular rights, and wily serve to unsettle exiting tustitutions without securing the esta blisi)nent of better. Therefore it is that even if the sys tem of eti,:eation in Ireland be not so .perfect as might be wished, we r,gar ' d it as the most certain instrument of ef regeneration.—Morning Advertiser. fecting that country.`.' of all the difficulti es The present aim of the Whigs , in Parliament and out of it, is to log the responsiby and disasters which are likely to• ,2pcur in Can a d a upon the Conservative party. It is necessary .... I . lat the pudence and untruth involved in this attempt shouLlim be fully exposed, and happily there is nothing required for this exposure beyond a plain statement of the case be tween the Government and the Opposition, as that case now stands. It is alleged that the Conservative Opposi tion has interfered with the policy of the Whig Govern• meat for restoring peace and good order to Canada, and, therefore, the Government ought not to be held respon sible for what hereafter may happen. One direct, and, as it seems to us, conclusive answer to this allegation, we have *already laid before the public, namely, that the Go vernment is not compelled to continue in the adminis tration of the affairs of Canada, or of any other part of the empire, and that if a Government be interfered with to an extent which renders it impossible that its views of good policy should be carried out, it ought to resign. By that method, but by that method alone, can it throw the responsibility upon those who have interfered. To say that there is a Government which is not to be held virtually responsible for the acts of Govern ment, is to say that which is utterly nonsensical. It is the grossest contradiction of the plainest principles of Ministe rial accountableness. Whether a Minister act from his own judgment or from the views which others force upon him, he is equally in the eye of the Constitution and of the law responsible, so long as he continues Minister. It would be no answer to an impeachment to say that the acts with which the Minister was charged were acts of which he did not approve. This, indeed, would rather he held an aggrava tion of the offence, for however criminal it may be for a Mini ster to act with such folly as to brit , his country into diffi culty or danger, it is far more criminal to act with such mean sordidness as to hold his place of Minister, while the Go vernment is compelled to do that which he believes to be wrong. The man who consents to execute a public wrong with his eyes open to the wrong, is undoubtedly a worse villain than the man who errs through blameable ig norance. But what is the kind of interference of which the Conservatives are accused, and which is (as their ad versaries say) to draw upon them, the responsibility of Ca nadian misadventures ? It is simply that they demand that the affairs of Canada shall be managed according to law. This is the amount of their interference, and for this it is, that politi ca l men , w h o affect to be fond of political li berty, dare to fiad fault with them. Now substantial political liberty as contra-distinguished from the vain rant knaves, declaimers, in the absolutism deceitful pretences o suffi f noisy Ytofthoef self sufficient so that every man who knows the law may say thus far and no farther can the hand of power be extended over me. The Conservativ es concurred great powers to the Governor of Canada. They con sented to make it lawful for such Governor toex ereise authority quite unknown to the ordinary circum stances of British subjects, and this they did in considera tion of the very unusual and very difficult and dangerous state in which Canadian affairs were found to be. But within these unusual legal powers the Whig Government is not content to contain itself, and it does in fact proclaim to the whole world, that notwithstanding the extraordinary powers which it legally possesses in Canada, it finds a poli tical expediency in going beyond them, and governing con trary to law ! And shall we be told that in a country where the blessings of freedom are felt and understood, this will meet with approbation ? Shall it be proclaimed by men roressing " liberality" and hatred of arbitrary power, that to " interfere" with such illegal proceeding will be looked upon as an offence by the people of England ? Shall the public be insultßd by hearing it asserted that they would rather have illegal government, while Whig-Radicals are their governors, than have this illegality called in ques tion by the political opponents of these Whig-Radicals. Surely the Whigs must consider the British people to be sunk into something worse than Turkish abasement and stupidity, when they venture to make such representa tions to them as they have done touching these Canadian affairs. The case of the Whigs, if stated plainly by them, would be this :—" We have very great powers granted us, by Parliament, but they are not exactly the sort of powers which suit us. If we are to arrange these perplexed affairs in the best. manner, we must violate the law in so doing ; and if you Conservatives are so scrupulous as to interfere with our violation of the law, upon your heads be all the consequence - 8. We shall continue in our places and re ceive our salaries, but we wash our hands of our respon sibility ; and you Conservatives, who have nothing to do with the Government, yet interfere to hinder the Govern ment from acting illegally, shall bear all the odium which may arise from misadventure in our legal a dministration of Canadian hilliness. You shall either allow us to infringe the law, or you shall bear our r esponsibility." We venture to affirm that nothing so monstrous as this was ever before submitted by Governors to a ra tional and free people. It cannot be conceived that such a statement. should be propounded by public men unless in the last and very worst stage of political depravity, or in that desperate condition .of utter helplessness, that they rave any extravagant nonsense that comes uppermost with out being conscious of what they say. Viscount Mel bourne, in that peculiar phraseology of his, which seems to be imitated half from fashionable novels, and half from fanatical sermons, acquaints the House of Lords—at the very moment, too, when he admitted the utter illegality of what Lord Durham had done—that he feared the disal lowing of the illegal ordinances " would go to the root of authority in the Canadian provinces." By this he doubt less means that it would be a heavy blow and a great dis couragement to the personal weight and authority of his Excellency the Earl of Durham. We agree with him that such would seem to be the natural result, but we certainly look with no great apprehension upon that' event. Bad effects may, and - probably will, flow from the misgovernment of Canada by the silly and arrogant Lord Durham ; but no effect resulting from a conviction of his erroneousness could be a thousandth part so bad as tile recognized endurance of illegal government for a single day by the British people. This is the mon strous thing which dastardly place-loving Whig-Radicals defend, and seek to maintain. Servile and sordid in heart, as they are vain-glorious and boastful in speech, they would let public liberty be trampled upon by the Earl of Dur ham because he is of their faction. The Whig-Radicals would teach the British people (whose glory it is that they can only be constrained by laws in the making of which they themselves have a voice), that this privilege is to be sacrificed, because an upstart lordling of yesterday, who with profuse hand scatters places among his minions, finds it more convenient to break the law than to hold it in re verence. This is a fitting consummation of Whig-Radi calism. Begotten in vanity and spite, and nurtured in the hateful shades of craft and calumny, it comes forth at last, in the full maturity of abjectness and absolutism—a hideous monster, in which the baseness of the slave and the bruta ity of the tyrant are curiously intermixed.—Morning Post. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1838 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Agausr 11. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Woolsack at a quarter before Five o'Clock. The Consolidated Fund Appropriation Bill was read a third time and passed. The Exchequer Bills Bill and the Exchequer Bills (Public Works) Bill severally went through a Committee. The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from Brails ford in Derbyshire, against idolatrous worship in India. The Commons' Amendments to the Benefices Pluralities Bill were considered. Some verbal amendments were made, and the amendments were agreed to. The County Treasurers' (Ireland) Bill went through a Committee. The Slave Trade Treaties Bill went through a Committee. Lord BROUGHAM said there was a Bill called the Per sonal Diligence Scotland Bill, the object of which was to extend the remedy of arrest for debt. So far as the present Bill rendered the remedy cheaper, he had no objection to it. —( Hear.) Other individuals, however, had objections to the measure, who might wish to be afforded an oppertunity of con sider.ng them. He would, therefore, suggest that the Bill go t'lrJugh a Committee now, and postpone the third reading till Monday. —The Bill then went through a Committee. The Bankrupts' ( Scotland) Bill also went through a Com mittee. Adjourned at Half-past Five. ANNUAL PARLIAMENTS.—In Lee ' s History of Lewes is published a list of the Members who sat for that borough in Parliament for the long period of 173 years, and which seems to settle the question relative to Annual Parliaments, as fresh Members were evidently elected every year in which Parliaments were held. This i s obvious, inasmuch .as fresh Members were chosen each year. For instance, in 1360, the Members were Godfrey Wolfnepope and Walter Nynge ; 1361, Thomas Linfield and William Bochere;—a second Par. liament being held this year, another election ensued, and Richard Fee_ nour and Thomas Linfield chosen ; 1362, another election, and Richard Fernour and Thomas Linfield chosen; 1363, another election, and Robert York and William Darnell chosen ; 1364, William Spicer and Thomas Morreys chospn. The same Annual Elections to•k place for 175 years; from 1298 to 1473. It is true that during this period Parliaments were not called for intervals of sometimes one or two years at all, but it is pretty evident that, whenever a Parlia ment was called, an election took place ; as soon as the Session was over the Parliament was dissolved, and, if another Parliament was required next ys ar, another election took place, and sometimes two elections and two Parliaments were held in the same year. The adjournment of Parliaments from Sessions to Sessions seems a modern inventioicn. would It is singular, also, that no Esquire was ever elected till 1468, which seem to n licate that the Members were real and .torta fide burge sses, chosen by their fellows and equals. In 1401, John Marnyott and John Mason were elated, and 101. 16s were paid to than by the borough for their attendance far tifty.fur days in Parliament It is a little curious that neither the S:ciety of the Friends of the People (estabSised by Lord Grey and the Duke of Richmond, &c. &c.) nor Oldcastle, Ensor, Preston, 3!111 (it h rF, should ever have thrrught of referring to the re turns of Members of boroughs to prove whether Parliaments were an_ nual or not. On the contrary, they sought for proofs in law-books and general histories.—Correspondent of the Bri,;111on Herald. ASSAULT BY A NOBLEMAN ON AN INNKEEPER. —On Thursday forenoon a case of assault was brought before Bailie Bain, in the Glasgow Police Court, which created a more than usual degree of interest, from the circumstances of Lord Cranstoun, a Noble man of ancient family in the Scottish Peerage, being the defendant. The case was not gone into, in consequence of the complainant, Mr. Am. brose Grim:haw, of the Star Hotel, George-square, Glasgow, being unable to appear in Court from the wounds inflicted by his Lordship. From what we can learn, however, it would appear that Lord Cranstoun, ,arriving in town on his way to the north on Wednesday afternoon, had gen ,' to the Hotel in question to engage lodgings for the nightuit, , but finding the ro ,:ir. (the only one unoccupied at the time) would not she went to Comrie'i where he also was unsuccessful in procuring rooms to answer him. , On ret.::rning past Grimihaw's hotel in his carriage, the parties came in contact, whet. some high words ensued, upon which his Lordship alighted, and following *Jf Orimshaw into the lobby, caught hold of him by the collar and stru 6l : lit 4 4eVcre blow on the hea d with a stick, to the effusion of blood. He was i 4 the pct qr repenting. the blow when his arm was arrested by one of the servants ‘„t the lictlid• 4 great crowd was in;tantly collected, and intimation was sent to 00 hce.otfice, upon which Captain 3/Wig proceeded to the spot, and having heard a statement of the case, f-40k. i 7 ;;Tdship into custody, and had him conveyed to the office, but ite was soma mA i n i;tted to bail. He, however, appeared at the bar on the followini• Torniaig to the charge, when lie entered into a vindication of his aor4q4, s#i4 had received provocation on the part of the complainant; but being merely ex parte, and no evidence being adduced on either side, we deem it but justice to all parties to wig:bold giving publicity to his Lordship's statement.—Glasgow Courier. It is stated in letters from Milan that the VialPoY of Lombardy intends to give an entertainment4o his Sovereign of a pe culiar description at the Logo Maggiore, after the Coronation. A tab'e for a repast is to be set out in the colossal statue of Saint Charles Bor romeo, which is placed, as is well known, on an eminence overlooking Arona. The Cardinal is in his religious costume, holding in one liana his breviary, whilst with the other he gives his blessing to his native town. This statue is 66 feet high, and the pedestal on which it stands 46. The head, feet, and hands, are cast in bronze, the remainder of the figure is composed of thick sheets of wrought copper. There is a staircase inside it up to the head, in whiah four persons of ordinary down in the nose of the colossus its eyes serve as windows, size can !,elield. This is the part in which the collation will he laid Qtlt• the whole of celebrated lake may be seen at once. fßroymknweheliicnhg FORM OF WRITING PAVER.—It would be diffi cult to assign a positive reason for the oaprioms 'variety of proportion given to our writing papers, or to say why a folio pagc shp,w he so long, a quarto page wide, an octavo long, &.c. This question has hitherto been one of little importance; but if the proposed stamped covors b e i n , troduced into the Post-office system, it will then be found that consi derable inconvenience will arise from this diversity. Fortu nately, an easy remedy is to be found in a very slight modification of the propor tion usually given to the original sheets of papseforwiiiioinl tpAh/e7a;lFluafi:a.:crteuthrteips. It is a property of that paralelogram, which has its sides in the pro portion of the diagonal and the side of any square, that, however often i s t am may s yhnetibniestercitceadl proportion. transversely, I t f h , e therefore,s ti bd ivsioz be made of this form, and should be doubled and re-doubled into 4tp, By°, 16mo, the pages would continue to have the fsoarnteheelciergdainntapryroppuorr: lion; and if two size s of stamped covers for letters Were to be made to c o n tain easily the post-pap er sheet folded twice (which woo,' ho 4400 5 inches by 3k), and t he Bvo note likewise folded twice (li by 2i), nq pur poses o for cosrorersspiozneds eonfceen,vaelnodpemsuwcohutldrobuebrleeqiunired r folding letters tg fit the covers would be avoided. — Scotsman. The following singular circumstance is said lately to have occurred at Eaden-Batlen; A young Austrian Count having had uncommon good luck at roulette, brought Wile, and carefully locked up, 30,000 florins (about 65,000 francs). When he ilrlfe in thp morn , big not only his gold was gone, but, to his astonishment, his old faithfnf servant Fritz was missing a lso. In about a week's time,to his surprise, Fritz made his appearanek. " And where do you come from ?" said the Count.—" From Vienna." —" What have you been there for, and w h a t's become of my money?" —" Wh y , Sir, I thought you would play again, and lose your money; so I took it home, and here's your father's re ceipt for it." Are there any but German valets that would take such precautions? PKLCES (iF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSETR.ANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, AUG. 10. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per *Aires. Annum. Paid. Shire 1 , 766 7 pc) cent. Asr-ton and Oldham....Average 97/. 18q. sh. 135 1,4'82 4e. Ashty.de_le.L.:ouch Average 11:1.7.5h. d 5 1,280 Ra.ingstok e lOOl.. n . 5 1,005 51. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150. sr. :02 8,0 00 1-16 sh. 9/ Os. Birmingham, 1 -16th share ... rii. & 71/. 2'29 1 (100 Ditto arid Liverpool Junct...l°N i.h. 10i. pd 24f 600 :11. Bridgewater and Taunton ....100/. sh. all pd 6i 400 41. Cheliner and Blackwater 1001. eh. 102 500 48/. C)ventry • 001. sh. 745 4,545 Croydon % 2,060 f 41.0 Dudley ... 10 6 /. sh. 83 660 14,. Derby 1001. sh . 153 20,000 4 per cent. amuue and Mayne 4l/.138. 44 .pd 30 3,5751 :11. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. sh. 77 231 46'. Erewash 1,297 -2SI. Forth and Clyde Averap i e 4.(101 .1 68. th. 570 1,000 121. Grand Junction lisi/. sh. '202 2,849 i 11. Grand Union !Cash 25 I 1.500 Grain) Surrey . . 1 1 101.61 20 0,000!. 41. percent . Ditto (optional) Loan lO3/. ( 3 3 -416 Grand Western 600 13/.12.5. 9d. Glamorganshire, Average cost 1721. 1 1` ( 3 1 s 4 , 1. 230 '749 101. Grantham /. eh. 203 6,233 21. Os. HudderstiEld Average 571. 68.6 d. sh. 37 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10 2 1 .128 11.55. Kennet ind Avon, Average 39/.188.10d. sh 2,t 2,4971 24!. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 67( 5451 13/. Leicester l4O/. sh. 22) 1,897 6!. Os. Leicester and Northampton... Aver C 3/. IN,. 9; 2.400 101. Monmouthshire 100/ .sh. 20 150 101. Melton Mowbray 100/. eb. 20 , 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 56 h. all 3.000 11.10 s. Macclesfield 100/, s pd. 1) 247 171. Neat h 1001. p h. 35 2,400 51. Peak Forest • Avei.ge about 78/. sh. 1( 1,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 168.8 d. sh. 1 5,669 6/, per cent. rochd al e Average Bhl. 500 81. Shropshire 1'251. sh. 1: 800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. I 3,6001. 4f, per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2l. 10s. sh. 700 40/. Stafford and Worcester 140/. sh. 7 500 9/, Shrewsbury 1251. sh. t• 300 91. Stourbridge 3,647 21. Os. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791.95. bd. sh. 533 151. Swansea 1001. sh. t 3,70.2 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Ar 351. sh. /,6001en. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. I 8,149 1 000 sh. 14%03 16/. , Warwick ald Birmingham 1001. sh -960 15s. Warwick and Napton lOOl. sh. 6,000 4/.os. Worcester and Birmingham...Av.7B4.Bs. sh. 5,000 255. Wilts an., Berks .. Average 67/. 10s. 83. sh. 800 31, Nk yrley and Essington 1251. sh 126 Wisbeach ........, .......... ... ........... lO5/. sh. 905 IP. Wey and Arun 1101. sh. DOCKS. 2,6008 r T ‘!ool.sh. 1,0651,0• j 3 P. c Commercial East and West India Stock 3,238,310 V. 555. p.ct. London Stock Ditto Bonds 2,209 2/. 19s. Bristol 68,324!. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 1,352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Mock 500,000 4; per oent. Ditto Bonds 24.:.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years 2.500 ..... Deptford Pier BRIDGES. • 1,600 its. Hammersmdt• 5O/. sh. 7,231 Southwark, Old .Av. 631.25. Bd. sh. 1,700 1/. ISs. Ditto, New, of 7,4 pr. cent. 5O/. sh.sh 000 Waterloo lOO/. _ _ _ 113 102; 102 1001 11 5,- . ...... . 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6O/. pd 5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 60,0001. W. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,848 17s Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3! lOs Albion 500/. sh. 501. pd 50,000 [ s l n c i r ~t ' l Alliance,British& Foreign 100 /. sh. 10 ;/. pd 50,060 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 5/. pd 24,000 fl per sh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 1,20015 h. 5/. Birmingham 1' ire 20,000 41. per cent. British Fire 2501. sh. 50/. pd • 12,000 6/, per cent. British Commercial 50/, sh. Si. pd 5,000 5/. per cent. Clerical, Medial,&c. Life, 1601. sh. 2110 s pd 4,000 2/ les County 100/. sh. 10/. pd 41 20,000 ss. Eagle 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd . 5 on, 5- and 301 bs.s per cent. Economic Life lOOO/. sh. 250 1 . pd 375 -"" / 1 2,271 225. per cent. European Li ( ..: 0 0/. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 21. pd 11 1 .000,0 0 0/. 71. per et. Globe Stock 1431 20,00 0 51. Guardian lOOl. sh. 2741 pd 314 40,000 Os. 6d. Hope 2,400 51. 75.60. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 130 7,500 Os. Imperiel Li le 1001. sh. 10/. pd 94 1 3 ,4 5 S 41. per cent. Indemnity Marine 1001. sh. Si. psi 23 2,020 31 lOs Kent Fire 50/. sh. all pd 82 31. Ditto Life 10, 0 00 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 254 5,000 10s. London, Fir, 251 sh. 121. 10s. pd Ft 3,9(10 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. 121. 10s. pd 16 1,000,000/. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 30,0110 51. per cent. Palladium Life 50/. sh. 21. pd 218 s 00 50,000 4/. per cent. Protector Fite 2Ol. sh. 21. pd 17s Od 2,500 1/. Provident late lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 20 100,000 ss. Rock Life 20/. sh. 1/. pd 7 649,2201 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 2254 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOOl. sh. 5/. pd 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life BANKS 100/. sh. 51. pd Z T STOCK 25,000 8 per cent. Agric. and Cornm. of Ireland 25/. pd 5,000 Austra lasia 4O/. sh. 401. pd 63 16,000 10 percent. Bank of Bit iningham 513. sh. 10/. pd 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. Si. pd 16 31,000 5 per cent. London and Westminster ...100/ sh. 201. pd 21 60,000 5/. o Lndon Joint Stock 504 sh. 10. pd 12 .1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 100/. sh. 201. / pd so 2.5,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. pd 2:3 100,000 74 per eent Manchester and Liverpool] 50/. sh. 15/ pd 2,1 District 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 100/. sh. 25/. pd 27 20000 Provincial Bank of Ireland 100/. sh. 25 /. psi 41 60 ,, 00 National Bank of Ireland sq.sh. 1741. pd 16 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. lOO/. sh. 351. pd 34 10,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 104 pd 20 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 1103 Od Bath 5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 16/. pd 21 s 000 r Mpercenti Ditto Provincial 201 . sh. 19 pi 2'. ", Land Bs. 6s. 928 5/ 10$ Birmingham 5O/. sh. IP 4,250 21 Os Bristol 2Ol. sh. 3( 1,500 31 lOs Brighton 2Ol. sh. It 750 31 lOs Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 18/. pd ! 2,471 44 per cent. Brighton General °Ol. sh. all pd 1' 4,000 51. Continental Consolidated 1,000 ICC City or London .......... ..... .100/. ch. all lid 19 1,000 03/. Ditto, Now lOOl. sh. 601. pd li 4,000 4/.los. Equitable ' 50 /. IA :1 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial 800 5l per cent. Isle of Thanet "Si. sh 2Ol. pd f. 2,350 6/. per cont. Independent 3O/. sh. all pd 5 9,000 31. per cent. Phrenix .. 5O/. $ll. 391. pd 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratclitf 1001. sh. 80/. id 4,000 South Metropolitan 5Ol. sh. 19/. pd 9,200 5/. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 401. pd 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 5(11. sh. 400 51. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. t 2,000 31. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New 5l/. oh. 101. pd BGO Yarmouth 4 0/. sh. IS/. pd WATER WJN.KS. 1,800 Os. Birmingham 25/. sh. 25/ pd S 4,4..34 el. East London lOO/. sh. it 5,500 21 lOs (fraud Junction ....Average 411 13s. 4d. sh. 2,000 2/. Kent lOO/. sh. 372 10/. Liverpool 'tootle 2201. sh. 3 1,500 2110 s Now diver London Bridge Water AnntCties 6,486 1115 s Manchester and Salford ,lOO/. sh. 1,000 4 per cent. Sauth Lon.lon lOO/. sh. 8 . 294 4/. West Middlesex ....Average 631. 125. eti. sh. 1,360 1/ 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 100/. sh. IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 Birmingham and Derby.- ..... 4Ol. pi 9,500 Birmingham anti Gloucester 15, , n0 Bristol anti Exeter 100/. sh. 15 pd 660 Calcutta and Smgl!' 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western 100/. sh. 1241 3,000 Clarence lOO/. sh. 100/ pd 12,000 8.000 Dublin and Kilkenny 1001. sh. 24 pit 60,1100 Eastern Counties 2 , / sli. 7,1/. pd Grand ,Junction 1001. sh. 9:4. p 1 I Great North of England 5,0.30 Great Western toll/ sh. 05/. pd 2,0 , 4 . 1 liartlepool 10 0 /. sh. 11101 pd 8,000 ...... „, Hull and -;elby 501. sh. 151. pd 10,00 H Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/. pd 2,100 31. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 1,5 00 1/ ss. Leicester and Swannington ....50/. sh. all pd 5,100 10 per cent. Livermail and Mancliester...loU.sh. 100/.1.4 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 36,000 „ London and drigh to i 12,000 London end Blackwell 5Ol. sh 3/ pd 20,000 3 per eent. London and Greenwich 9O/. sh. 20/. pd 25,000 London anti Birmingham ...100/. sh. 0 1 1. pd Ditto Quarter Shares 5/ pd 20,003 London and Southampton -.50/. sh. 59/ pd Ditto ditto New . 151. pd 15,000 London and Croydon Trunk 2C/. sh. 90/. pd 6,000 Ditto New Scrip 12,000 ,„, London Grand Junction... ...... 50/. sh. Si. pd 13,000 Manchester and Leeds 1004 :6h. 301 p d 10,000 Manchester and Birrningham...7 lool. o/.sh. 71.1 A North Midland sh. 45/. pd Northe'n and Eastern lOOl. sh. Al. pd 2,603 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 3 , 1. psi 28,000 .. South Eastern and Dover 71 pd 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington , w ,,,.,.,, 1 „104 4 0 . ? , r,", 1 i 1 *imp, T,,,lflamg";• ge'leil ,,,,,,. ~0 0/ 4 ski , /.4, Ids. psi ~ itikl , .... ~ estrai t ister and GreenwiCil 501. sib. 91. pd 6,000 York and MI North M i dland ...50 . sh. 12/, pd NES 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 3)! . pel 4,000 IL ss. Allen 151. sh. 121. lOs pd 111,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm 1001. sh. all psi Ditto Sqbscription si.v .C, t!. it , l• 14i NI/• sh • I pd 2,1 4 1 0 1• 11 8 1 .'1 1 0 4 • .11 . ~.., e..et. • • a 10000 ti. I() Bra;11t411 i top. Lis. at. P141.....„35/. sh. 201 pd 6;000 ~.,,,,, 51 4Calllias 4 (:ocais Mated ...231. sh. 2:1. pd 11,1100 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 20/. sh. 20/. pd 10,000 .......... Ditto Scrip 101. sh. 10/. pd 20,010 British Iron 5Ol. oh. 50/ p t i 6,000 British Copper a sh. 4 , ~ - , ;I • • tli: „ . „. Cate Branea.... ..... ..„„.„,.„........„ ili. ,) r o ok , ~ , , ~ 7,1. 0 10,000 11 'opiapo 2O/. sh 124/ pd 8,500 ... Columbian, iss. 51 . pm. 2,850 3/. English l2l 10s. pd 20,000 General Mining Association...2ol. sh. 16/. pd •, 1.0 ,i ii 4. ;5a 11 ''''""' rit'ailVOteNni . eifitered ()I. 'h. 81. Pd Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 30,000 .••••.••• United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. ....401. sh. all pd Dittt. Scrip Ditto New Scrip .............. ~.........51 1 7 ;,d _Wet Car_4.,, t , . AN. 4ti. 404. 0 1 tBRARIir TN'S rmiTioN . .s, 1,000 1,500 London University 1(101. sh. all pd 700 King' College lOO/. pd MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural....loo/. sh 2(11. pd 6000 4/. per mt. British Ameriqn Land C0r.'1111 ,1 07 it. 2 4 r. 1 10,000 61. per cent. Qatiada e0i1114.01,, teal. oh. 221/. pd 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Cana.`a Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent 20,000 IL Os. General Steam Navigation ...15/. all. 141. pd 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,00 0 11. London Coin. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 6,000 Caoutchouc Company o rg• tt'.:l 9- A•,lii §OO,COOI, tt, National Leen VlAild 2 geW'llo4n.2"wi ck L. 4 - 'ndf Cetn" pa‘iy" - ' ,P,i 4 ..7 P / ' ( i 2,754 51. per cent. Reversionary Inte r e s t 50c ... 100 /. sh. 100 /. pd 2 ; 633 51. per cent. Ditto New . . 1001. sh. 70/. pd 4 000 .. 50/. sh. all pd lo t mo 0 0 , Von pie cieWii 4i - A ~ , .. ~ 104 - 4. sli. i I/. pd 11 04 fii 4. LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, JULY 2, 1838. BANKS. "pa/. 61. p. ct. Bar 'of Scotland 93/. 6s Gd. sh • a ll p d ;4 / . p. ct. . of' Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 44 ~Vl.-Zar i . 4 ; flratsll Linen Company..„, 100/.sh. 41110 ct. cpnimpi - cio i.§ool. 0 1 . laa pd ROL 3 : 000 : 00 9 0 ° . cr. Naional lOO/ sh. 101. pd 141. 2,004 00 0/. 6/ p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501. s h . 50/. pd &14 1,0 00,0'0/. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 30/. pd 56/. INSURANCE COMPANIES. oc. npfo. 64 0. Ft. ScoVel Union ......... sh. pd 2°0 2 - ,50 q p. pt. 110Fe* sh. Idi pd 181 15s. p , ,000 sp. ct. IoStir4llce'CoCof Sealand....lo/. sh. all pd 81 Iss. ~, 000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 181. 100 0 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 10/. pd 1910 s 5,00 0 6p. ct. Edinburgh Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 14/10s 100,000 p. et. West of Scotland lO/. pd it us MISCELLANEOUS 4,810 Wein. and Was. Un. Cana1...50/. sh. all pd 521. Ditto Allocated .. 0 61. sh. all pd 651. 5 " 5 ppr aenl. 1 - 4:llRb..lpint Stock Wacpr....9.51. sh. al; 1.4 3 4 4 Cchlo4ll.l ,260.1.4. all 441 , 2,0005 h 15 per cent. ninittSiron Fotipliery ' •50E , s h 581. p d 51/. I mo° 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass sh. 161. pd 4,500 1 0 per cent, Edinburgh Cost (1 4 ,, 25!. sh. all pd el!. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas sh. all pd 131/ 750 :7i per cent. Leith Coal Gas 201. sh. all pd 451. 1,20 ...... ... Edinburgh 'rid Dalkeith Rar.way...so/. sh 9 000 5 per cent. Equitable Loan Company MU. sh. p 0 91. 104 LAW INTELLIGENCE V ICE- CIIAN CEL L OR' S COURT, AUGUST 11. CHAPMAN V. THE BRIDGEWATER CANAL COMPAN'. In this case, which was not concluded on Saturday when our reporter quitted the Court, the Lord Chancellor, without heat - iog, Mr. Piggott in reply, said that the injunction did not seem to be i accordance with the practice of the Court, and it must be dissolved, but, at the same time it was very evident that Mr. Chapman had let the Company into possession with the un derstanding that he was to receive compensation for the injury to be done to that part of the property through which the canal passed, and 'l l, O for the probable mischief to that part which was separated from the other by the defendant's works. Nothing could be plainer than that the plaintiff had a fair title to this kind of compensation, and it. was expressly reserved to him by the Acts of Parliament. As the case stood at preset.! the Court was not, however, in a condition to pronounce a de cision in the cause. There was no verdict of the jury on which the Court could act, and the matter must therefore go back to the under-sheriff, with directions to him to take the opinion of the jury on the question of compensation for all damage al leged to be done to the plaintiff's property. The money claimed by the plaintiff must in the meanwhile be paid into Court to abide the result of the proceedings. Mr. PIGGOTT claimed the costs of the injunction, as his Lordship was of opinion that it had been granted improperly. His LORDSHIP gave the costs. Mr. TURNER claimed the costs of the inquiry before the Jury. His' LORDSHIP thought the Court was not in a condition to decide on these costs. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, AUG. 11. Charles Slatler, a hackney-coach proprietor, was opposed by Mr. Cox and Mr. Nicholls, on behalf of two creditors, named Greenaway and Johnson, and was supported by Mr. Woodroffe. The insolvent, when he commenced business in 1836, possessed two coaches, a cab, six horses, some good har ness and furniture, and after his arrest in June last, sold the same to a Mr. Cox for 1261. In opposition to his discharge it was contended that this sale was fraudulent. The Court said they would grant the insolvent his discharge bn the condi tion that he either paid 96/. into Court, or handed over the property assigned to Cox. John Williams, a pianoforte-maker, whose debts amounted to 1,0001., but who was without assets, having expended 70/. in a bail-bond to keep out of prison, was adjudged to three months' imprisonment from the date of his petition. The Court at its rising adjourned to Friday, the 17th inst. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—MArDsTOKE, Aua. 10. COPPOCK V. BOWER. This was an action on an I 0 U for 500/. The defendant, besides pleading that he never was indebted, and a plea of fraud and covin on the part of the plaintiff, also put on the record two special pleas, by the first of which he resisted the plaintiff's claim on the ground that the 1 0 U was given to the plaintiff in consideration of an unlawful and corrupt agree ment connected with the return of John Minet Fector as Member of Parliament for the borough of Maidstone ; and the second plea stated that the I 0 U was given to the plain tiff upon the consideration that in the event of Mr. Fector's offering himself again to represent the borough, after his former election had been declared void by a Committee of the House of Commons, no other candidate should receive the support of the Liberal electors of Maidstone, and that no pe tition should be presented or prosecuted impeaching his re turn; but that in violation of this agreement, when Mr. Fec tor offered himself again to the electors, there was a candidate on the Liberal interest, and that the return of Mr. Fector was petitioned against. The Hon. Mr. LAW observed that his duty on behalf of the plaintiff, in the first instance, was at once short and simple. He had merely to prove an I 0 U for 500/., in the hand writing of the defendant. The defendant, however, said in effect that the document he held in his hand was quite a mis take ; that it should be read " I don't owe'you.—( A laugh.) He should leave it to his learned friends on the other side, however, to open their battery, and endeavour, if they could, to blow up the little paper he now held ; and should here after trouble the jury by discussing how far they had suc ceeded in their attempt. The I 0 U (the handwriting of which was admitted under a judge's order) was then put in and read, and the plaintiff's counsel stated that the plaintiff closed his case. Mr. TIIESSIGER then addressed the jury for the defendant. After which, Mr. Justice PATTISON left the case to the jury, who, without quitting the box, returned a verdict for the defendant. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—FRIDAY, Atrousr 10. The Assizes for the Southern division of the County com menced here this morning. The cal_endar is heavy. Ten persons stand charged with murder, and twelve with man slaughter, in cases involving the death of eleven individuals. There are four cases of cutting and maiming, and one of rape. No fewer than 22 persons stand charged with offences con nected with coin, and there are five cases of bigamy. On the Civil side 61 causes are entered in the West Derby list, and 56 in that for Salford Hundred. CROWN COURT. John .211‘ Gowan was indicted for cutting and wounding Anne Dodds, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. The prisoner, it appeared, is a shoemaker, and lodged in a room in the house of the husband of the prosecutrix. Verdict, Guilty.—Sentence deferred. SATURDAY, AU°. 11 . James Parrin was indicted for the manslaughter of Ralph Hough, at Hulme, on the 2d of June last. The prisoner was found Guilty. His LORDSHIP, atklress'_ng the prisoner, said—The sentuce of the Court is, that you be transported to such place beyond the seas as her Majesty in Council may direct for the term of your natural life. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. HAT7'ON-GARDEN. On Saturday Alexander Ingram, James Philippe, and John Craig, who described themselves as medical men, were brought before Mr. Withara, under the following circum stances :—Mr. Charles Hook, of 12, Museum-street, Blooms bury, said that at half-past two o'clock in the morning he was awoke by such a violent knocking at his door as to sup pose that his house. was on fire, and before he could get to the window he heard a similar noise at the doors on each side of him, which tended to confirm his apprehensions. Af ter a little difficulty, for he scarcely knew what he was about, he threw up the sash of his window, and saw the prisoners running from door to door, and with both hands driving away at other knockers. At this time the utmost confusion appeared in every house, windows being thrown up in rs:pid succession, and the inmates exhibiting themselves 'Ai their night clothes, as much alarmed as ho was, am) crying out \Vhat's the matter?" " Police !" &c., whic l '. soon brought sever al officers to the spot, by whom, of er much resistance, the prisoners were captured. lie their defence the prisoners said it was done by mistake ; thee thonglA they were at their own homes. Mr. WiTnAm_Then I will see if 1 cannot cure you of such mistakes. You will find bail, and give twelve hours' notice of it, to answer the charge at the sessions. The defendants, who appcar'd quite chop-fallen, were im mediately taken chatie of by Waddington, the gaoler, by whom, in the course or an hour, they were taken to the New Prison. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John Macgregor, Eq., appeared before Mr. CHAMBERS to charge a military gentleman, named Donatus Hanclty, with an assault. Mr. Macgregor was walking down Tichborne-street, when he was suddenly stopped by the defendant, and asked for the payment of a sum o f mone y w hi c h h e did n o t owe. The de fendant required his address, and complainant gave it to him, but tho defondant not being satisfied, became very warm, soiled him by the collar, and created so much crowd and dis turbance that complainant was obliged to have recourse to the police. The complainant did not owe the defendant a shilling. The defendant begged the Magistrate to postpone the case until he could procure the attendance of a gentleman who would prove the accuracy of his statement. In the meantime he hoped the Magistrates would get the complainant's real address. The complainant asserted that he had given it. He re sided at Mortey's Hotel, but he slept at 15, Piccadilly. The Magistrate consented to postpone the case for further evidence, but when the parties made their second appearance at the office they had settled the matter, consequently the charge Ras dism►ssed. it was decided by an amendment of the Chamber of Deputies, that the column of the grand army at Boulogne-sur.Mer, should be surmounted by a statue of Napoleon. The Committee wished this statue to be executed in marble. The Minister of the Interior has decided that it shall be in bronze. M. Bosio is to execute it. MM. Lemaire and Bra aro intrusted with the two bas.reliefs in marble for the Pedestal, We understand that the Committee of Presbytery, according to their instructions, applied to Lord Gillies, the resident Lord Ordinary, on Friday night, for an interdict against the proposed plan of running railway coaches on the Sabbath. The result of the application was, that his I,nrOship ordered the Railway Company to lodge answt rs to the application, and declined to grant an interim interdict, thus lea, ing the Company at liberty to run their coaches on the Sabbath for the present. Accordingly the coaches commenced running on Sunday.- 4dinburgh Observer. OPTICAL PHENOMENON.—When the dense fog which overspread the horizon here on Friday se'nnight had cleared away, about ten the sky became so bright that one of the most imposing views of the opposite coast presented itself that ever was witnessed from our shores. It was dead low water, which fay.oured the view, and it seemed as if a curtain had been suddenly withdrawn, exhibiting the whole lin@ of the ?synch coast as distinctly as if it had only been a few offi Calais was so plainly distinguishable that comparatively minute objects were plainly discernible. Boulogne piers were perfectly visible; the sails of the vessels in that harbour were observed outspread, and the whole of the villages along the coast seemed so close at hand that ti:ospoctator on Dover pier might fancy them as near a= the marten* %WM immediately adjacent to Folkestone.--Dover Chronicle. TURNPIKE TRUSTS.—By a report to the House of Lords it appears that there are 1,119 turnpike trusts in Englawi and Wales, the debts upon which amount to 7,304,803/., being 13fied, per mile, guaranteed by 3,783 Acts of Parliament, obtained at an ex. pense of 1,500,000/. The return might have added that to each of these trusts there is tielerli and treasurer, generally country attorneys, With saiariea varying front 100/. to 5001. per annum. CHEAP POSTAGE.—The family of a Noble Peer, being lately at one of the watering places on the Clyde, his lady pur, chased and paid for a pair of gloves, which, however, she omitted, 0 44 , hurry, to take with her. A few days afterwards a franked lettiA.was re. ceived, requesting that each of thegtoves should betransinkt‘ed through the Post Office, under separate covers, to Lord a distant part oc Argyiesdire, which was accordingly das...qlgsgow Ares, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY, AUG. 11.—The Fdi❑burgh, 74, and the Pique, 36, are ready for sea—waiting orders at Spit head ; the latter will most probably take recruits for all th' corps to Quebec, to replace the vacancies caused by invalid coming home. The Apollo, troop ship, Mr. Karley, Master, went out harbour this afternoon, with the depot companies of the Regiment on board for Ireland, from whence she will back the depot companies of the 18th Regiment. The wind on Wednesday having become more favourable the following windbound ships proceeded to their respectiv destinations, viz.:--.Sophia, Earl of Hardwicke, and Lort Hungerford, CA1e,,t,; , 1; the Earl Grey, convict ship, fo Sydney ; `.!.;us .moth Aun, f, r Launceston ; Kitty, for Soutt Seas ; Qin:bre, for New York ; Diadem, Waterhen, an& Lord Brougham. for Witely:e ; Newton, for Corunna; and Prince Regent, for London. Now at - Spitheid, waiting a favourable wind, the Robert Small, Fulcher, for Bengal ; Wansbreck, Thickbroom, foi Alexandria, with coals for the India steamers ; Victoria , M'Auliffe, for the South Seas ; Eagle, Patterson, forthe Cap i and Mauritius ; Malvina, Burton, for Alexandria ; Star, Fletcher, for Barbadoes and Grenada ; Morley, Evans, for Bombay. This afternoon arrived the Carnatic, Voss, for Madras, to take in her passengers and stock; and the Mer maid, Chapman, for Bombay. The New York packet sin? Wellington, Chadwick, is hourly expected, and will sail to morrow morning. At Spithead—Edinburgh, Pique, Herald, Apollo, Robert Small, Carnatic, and Morley, East Indiamen ; Victoria, South seaman. PROMOTIONS AND APPOlNTMENTS.—Commanders—Fran cis Liardet (acting), to the President; J. V. Fletcher (act ing), to the Wellesley; George Ramsay, to the Pilot. Lieu tenants—C. J. Postle, to the Pilot; John Sibbard. to the Edinburgh. Masters—William Langdon (Acting. Master), to the Pilot; William Woodvear, Second Master, to the Hastings; H. B. Harris, Second Master,to the Royal George, vice Haynes, Second Master, to the Rose ; W. Parsons, Mas ter's Assistant, to be Acting Master, of the Orestes. Sur geons—Alexander Lyons, to the Pilot ; Dr. Jones, to the Orestes. Assistant- Surgeons—Dr. H. H. Tui bull, to the Pilot ; E. Derriman, to the Hercules ; James Peter, from the Royal Adelaide, to Buzzard ' • John Reid, to the Orestes ; Ed ward Johnson, to the Rose ; William Roberts, to the S'ering. 3 - patam. Pursers—Frederick Hellyer, to the Pilot; Feancig May, to the Orestes; John Colwell, to the Rose. Mates--- G. C. Glynn, to the Royal Adelaide ; G. Johnson, and R. G. Risk, to the Hercules ; John Fisher, atd C. F. Chimmo, to Hastings ; Micklethwaite, to the Edinburgh, vice Powys , sent to the Hospital. Clerk's Assistant—James Charles !Wa tley, to Hastings. Warrant Officers—George Mason, Acting Boatswain, and Henry Lyde, Carpenter, to the Pilot; George Saxey, Gunner, to Buzzard; T. Furneaux, to Jupiter, vice Wylie, advanced to a higher class ; John Hodges, Supernu merary Gunner, from the Victory, to Orestes. (From the Devonport Independent.). PLYMOUTH, At'o. 11.—H. M. S. Malabar, Capt. Edward Harvey, arrived on the 13th of July, at Halifax, from Quebec , in 13 days ; met on her passage the Madagascar, 46, Capt. P. W. P. Wallis, with part of the 93d Regiment, whi c h C a ptain Harvey ordered to be taken to Quebec, instead of proceeding to Prince Edward's Island. H. M. S. Inconstant, 36, Captain D. Pring, was at Quebec; July 12th, but was expected to sail for England on the arrival of the Madagascar from Gibraltar. The Upper Canada trai tors, whose sentence has been commuted to transportation fog:, life, will it is s a id, b e sen t to E ng l an d i n t h e Inconstant, 04 hence to proceed to Botany Bay. H. M. S. Basilisk sailed from Callao the 15th March for Vat paraiso. H. M.S. Alacrity arrived at Callao the 15th Mares from Valparaiso. H. M. B. Scylla arrived at Lisbon from Cr diz, on the 27th July, by order of Rear. Admiral Sir John Ora' maney, for the purpose of causing a court-martial to be; bolder ) on board H. M. S. Russell, upon the boatswain and ae.ting etas' tar of the former. GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. (From the Gardeners' Gazette.) Sow some of the Botany Bay Plant.seeds as you gath er them : sow them alm os t w i t h out any covering, and, lay ° Or the top some loose moss, which may be' kept damp , Dahlias in small pots should be shifted into &Lose of a 9- .0 larger at least ; f or th oug h not wante d to b loo - ,n, the root a l be a better size for storing. Look well after the ear-wigs, and do rot forget to stir th e surface of the earth a little near the ror,t, for it is a favourite hiding-place. We presume to guess that there will now be some hot dry weather, and our gardening frietv: is h a d b etter b e prepar ed. Tie loosely some moss ovzr all newly-b u dd e d trees an shrubs, if exposed to the !„ . ,r and sun. Litter may be spre;:al over the ground occupied by Dahlia!' previous to which t i tle earth should be forked and well brokn , except just among the roots. Plant out 'ten-week Stocks, and o th er A nnua ls, for til e ' latest blooms. this Propagate all the best Dahlias, and such See _Dings of season as appear highly promising. Take up all buffoons roots whose leaves have died down. Clip hedges and box.edgings not already done. Plant cut Broceli, Brussels sprouts, Sre. Sow Cabbages and C a ulifl owers i n open situations, - over with a mat durin g th e h eat o f the sun, and water w 1,4,0 necessary. Take up Ranunculus and Anemonies, anl store them. I I Look over the Tulips taken up, and clean them of Al loose or rotten ski ns p rev i ous t o putt i ng them b y f or tho n inter. Proceed with piping and laying Carnations and Piccotcega Look to your harvesting of all kinds, and especially eo n to your ripening seeds. Wo r k SIIAKSPEARE AND HIS FRIENDS. , --TiliS is altogether a novelty, something orienal both in style and matter., tio professes to give us a famili ar v i ew o f t h e times of Shakspeam % s o customs and manners of those tin,s, and to introduce us to an lo t ' ‘ .OOl and personal acqu a i n t ance the more remarkable charay.terS °` ,o , period. Foremost among t ' iese , as a matter of course, W!! ha ve Sh oe , peare himself, Elizabeth., Sir Walter Raleigh, th e E a rl o f Essex' the( Jonson, Burbage, &c,., all acting, moving, an d spea ki ng, as the au ji jrt supposes they might, h ave d one when they lived. He, places him self the situation of,, c h ron i c l er, if not an at t ial eye and. car witness et 0. sayings and o. o i ngs , an d i nv i tes us to believe that all is real that 1 ,, , e s e 3`.ld, with such plausibl e i ngenu i ty i s his scen ery arrang"ol.l , imitated is the garb i n w hi c h hi s personages are arrayed, r te, skilfully and naturally are they made to perform th e ir several P t he that it is impossible for any one to refuse to give himself t 1 1) pleasing delusion which is sought to be impos , xl upon him. in truth, is one, altogether, of singular men';, It is a beautifu l finely conceived, and admirably wrought oc.c.—Scotsman. On Tuesday last a f ema i w , w h o h ad been for weeks previous an inm a t e of White-cross prison, proceeded to th e " i je. vent Debtors' Court t o b e h ear d nn her petition for relief, andW2ool. dared entitled to her discharge forthwith. On her return to l he , 3 %ea and while waiting the arrival_of the Commissioners ' order, she wa' . a - t ellt in labour, and soon afterwards was delivered of a tine child. A '` l „ci th e an inmate of the prison, acted as acconcheur on the occasion, ' l " n the mother will have to remain within the walls a month longer t han a 0 0 0 Commissioners for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors intended. su event, we believe has not occurred in the prison for many years. POWERFUL MUSICAL BOXES, in 00 cases, 12 inche s l ong , b y 5 incheswide, each . playing Four Ai r % for the mecha n i sm fi n i s h e d i n a very superior manner, are offer ed Sii Five Guinea s eac h . Al so a few of the same description, ..„,w it ,. h kielt Airs, price Seven Guineas each, at T. COX SAVORY'S, 11 74) 0 Silversmith, Gold sm ith, an d W atchmaker, 47, Cornhill, Lo n ( SN N. eev ß. The Doors from Graccchurch-). iet small musical boxes street 4th , ines long, con tinue 01' in tin cases, pri ce 19 s. each, or in comv,osition shell eases , atd each. BIR7'FS. r . p . of On the 9th i ns t., t h e L a d y of William Bagge, Esq., 31.- " daughter. al (11 ° On the Bth i ns t., i n P ar k- street, Grosvenor-square, the C. W. Puller, Esq., of a daughter. 11 0 1 On the 6th inst., at Staplehurst P:ace, the Right II"' Mary Hoare, of a son. , d til l On the 9th inst., at th e R ec t ory, Li lley, Herts, the lady - Rev. A. B. Russell, of a son. 11 14 / On the 7th inst., at Braishfield Lodge, Romsey, of W. Bodmun, Esq., of a son. v binie On the 9th inst., at Camberwell-grove, the lady of C. .. Esq., of a daughter. i 600." On the 10th inst., at Forest-place, Leytonstone, Mrs. J . el of a daughter. 1:0 11 On the 9th inst., at Clewer Rectory, near Windsor, the , 4 the Rev. W. H. Roberts. of a (laughter. SO On the 9th inst., the wife of T. F. Triebner, Esq., of ' . _.• hill-terrace, of a daughter. Hants, the MARRIED. On the Bth inst., at St. Jam es ' s Church, w Lord Thoma s ,ial',„ . only broth er o f the Marquis of E xe t er , to Lady Sophia Gerg. Lennox, youngest sister to his Grace the Duke of R i chmont . jiff On the 9th i ns t. , at t h e Old Meeting-house, Birming".t.gbt e Arthur Ryla n d, so li c i tor of, that town, to Frances, eldesc a"" of T. Tynd a ll, E sq . , o f R ose Mount, Edgbaston. Att On the 9th inst., at Chingford, Essex, William Bp.°o ur Esq., of Liverpool, to Emilia, second daughter of James j et Esq., of Bedf or d- row . ° On the 9th inst., at Thorp e ; R o b ert Bl a k e, E s f D a m e" Norfolk, to Charlotte,' youngest daughter of Lieu,t.-LA"' of Thorpe-lodge, in the same county. to On the 9th inst., Mr. Josiah T em pl e , o f Ckuildhall, opti , Horsnell, of Stainbridge, Essex. S• S• On the Bth inst:. at Fetter-lane Ch ape l , the Rev. j a y , ' land, of Royston, Herts, to Frances, third daugl iter of the • J. Crosley, of Holborn-bildge. osf eilt On the 9th inst., at Brighton, Samuel Lane„ Esq. Gr place, to Matilda, daughter of the late W. Vs rnon, Dsci ________----- f C' d r . ce • o f On the 7th inst., at Penzan, Frances Esther, F ife fasoie), Clarke, Esq., of Dubli n . On the Bth inst., at H ounslow, aged 93, Sarah, re li c t of 11 Bureau, Esq., ca Walbrook. d 47 , et. On the 7th inst., Mr. John Graham, of Holborn. ag e „ e n-s tr On tht - A 10th inst., M W m. M o f G r eat Q d ` o L f i n oow c nn ol aatt o hh :s teee l ass n dtt n h,h E . i l in i sn e sss l ets. d ta. s :. , aaggeedd 75,73 Mr, M oore 5 544 rig , ' r ~ at Sus an nah, Ch a e r l r t o e ga nh t a e m , y 0 44 Major Nutt, ag' , ed six months. Fraser' On the Bth, inst ., a t H William James Fr f, Et 3 ' Ladhope, r aged 44. Abzburghshire, 1iu.,,,, clde•st son of he Rev. Lord .john Thyrcne. .. e o f Bic At Lrighton, on the Bth inst., Ann Georgians., wit Williams, Esq., late of Corfu. i n T riat S ta Pe, emu ' of ; , Fia n 1 an wife m itece rf Lorulon : P r i n t e d an d Published by MURDCP "YOU.N the eau il2, Strand, at The Sun. Office, No. 112, Strand, in of Middlesex.—Monday, August 13, 1838. t